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gov[.]uk-dwpcae[.]icu

“Winter Fuel Payment 2025 - GOV.UK: Authorized”

Threat verdict Critical 95/100 evidence score
Availability Content unavailable Content was unavailable in the latest observation
Risk signals
VirusTotal detections: 15/91 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Brand impersonation: Govuk
Jun 12, 2026 Govuk
Evidence Summary
CRITICAL
Ref
8B73C858
Score
95/100

Analysis of gov.uk-dwpcae.icu shows the domain was registered on 12 June 2026 through Aceville Pte. Ltd. The domain resolves to the IPv4 address 43.130.72.207. VirusTotal records indicate that 15 of 91 scanned security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, which aligns with its appearance on at least one public blocklist. The domain is also listed by PhishDestroy, a known phishing mitigation service.

No public Safe Browsing, Open Threat Exchange, SSL certificate, HTTP response code, or trust‑score data have been published for the domain, and page‑title information is not currently available. The limited infrastructure footprint – a single IP address and a recent registration – is typical of short‑lived phishing infrastructure used to impersonate government services. Defenders should add the domain and its resolved IP address to blocklists and firewall deny lists, monitor DNS traffic for queries to the domain, and include the IP in any threat‑intel feeds used for network filtering.

Because the domain is actively flagged by multiple vendors and by PhishDestroy, organizations handling UK government communications should treat any inbound traffic from this domain as suspicious and enforce strict verification of any credential‑submission requests that reference it. Ongoing observation is recommended to capture any emerging payloads or redirects that may be associated with the domain.

VirusTotal
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15 det.
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TLS Certificate
Expired or unverified
Age
2 mo New
Observed status
Content unavailable
PhishDestroy
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Listed
Data coverage VirusTotal 15 / 91 URLQuery not checked PhishStats not checked OTX no community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture stored report URLScan verdict malicious DNS blocks not checked TLS Expired or unverified WHOIS 2 mo old Screenshot external capture Redirect chain not probed
Network Security Intelligence
SSL Certificate Invalid
SSL certificate is invalid or expired. Issuer:

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery
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Reports
Availability
13/14

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture

Page Title
Winter Fuel Payment 2025 - GOV.UK: Authorized
TLS Certificate
Expired or unverified · Issued by R13

Domain Intelligence

Domain
URLScan Verdict Malicious score 100 Phishing brand: Govuk report ↗
Server / ASN nginx · AS132203 Tencent Building, Kejizhongyi Avenue
IP Reputation abuse score 0/100 0 reports checked Jul 29, 2026
Registrar (base domain) Aceville
ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →
WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for uk-dwpcae.icu →
IP Address 43.130.72.207 US
GeoUS Ashburn, US
NetworkAS132203 · Tencent Cloud Computing
Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →
Registration (base domain)uk-dwpcae.icu · Created Jun 12, 2026 (63d · New)
Time to First Unavailability 54 days
What we count Elapsed time from the first stored abuse report to the first observation that the content was unavailable. This does not establish the cause.
What each report contains Stored outgoing-report records may reference evidence available at the time, such as vendor verdicts, registration data, hosting details, classifications, or screenshots. This page does not infer the exact payload delivered, receipt, acknowledgement, or action by a recipient.
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
First DetectedJun 12, 2026
IoC Extractionscanned Aug 1, 20260 wallet · 0 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://gov.uk-dwpcae.icu/
SHORTDOT ZONE · PUBLIC EVIDENCE .icu

ShortDot zone evidence

The linked repository preserves daily zone observations across seven ShortDot-operated TLDs, including registration volume and abuse-related indicators. This registry context is supporting background and is not an independent detection for the domain in this report.

ShortDot SA · Luxembourg 7 zones · full-zone evidence updated daily Open the ShortDot evidence repository
ICANN OVERSIGHT Registration: uk-dwpcae.icu

Accreditation and RAA context

Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations

For the registrable domain uk-dwpcae.icu behind this subdomain, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.

RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

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15 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain
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